- 1985 First Edition. 151 pages
- Published by Currey O'Neil Ross Pty Ltd. Australia.
- Hardcover with dust jacket. Green boards. Approx A4 size book.
- Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, scuffs to dust jacket. Small owner stamp on free front end paper.
Discovery of Wild Australia by Explorers and Naturalists. Illustrated.
The wilderness areas of the world are today shrunk to a few inaccessible pockets. But less than 200 years ago a beautiful continent lay entire, untouched by modern man. The awe and excitement of European explorers, botanists and naturalists, as they unveiled the mysteries and wonders of Terra Australis Incognita, are captured in A Seperate Creation.
Here, extracts from the journals and diaries of Australia's first European investigators have been collated to present an enchantingly fresh picture of a pristine 'new' land and its unfamiliar inhabitants.
Naturalist Graham Pizzey, who has been to most of the places described, selected the quotations which make up this book, fixing them in time and place with his own delightful and informative introductions.
Each quotation is accompanied by at least one colour photograph of animals in habitats as close to possible to those in which the original observers saw them. These are the work of some of Australia's finest wildlife photographers.
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